Yea, few folks including myself have ran into this problem using latest PowerCLI 13 release. I'm still waiting to hear back from Engr on whether this is specific to vSphere 8 or PowerCLI.
In the mean time, you can use Image Builder UI or you can use vLCM UI/PowerCLI (requires vCenter Server 8.0) to create your custom ESXi image
thanks alot for your response William
=)
I tried using the Image Builder UI on vCenter 7, managed to create a new profile and export the ISO, but with 100++ warnings and installation of the ISO failed, must i use vCenter 8 image builder UI?
You didn't properly read my last response, REQUIRES vCenter Server 8.0 ... See https://williamlam.com/2022/11/quick-tip-changes-to-building-custom-esxi-images-in-vsphere-8.html for reasoning/details and WHY you can't use existing version of VC to create image
Hi William, thank you, you are right i misunderstood your last post.
Tested using vCenter 8 image builder no issues. Thank you again for your assistance.
Just thinking aloud, it might the image file itself having issues, even exporting the zip image from the software depo to iso causes the same issue
PS C:\ESXI> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard" -ExportToIso -filepath EESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard.iso
Export-ESXImageProfile : Error retrieving file for VIB
'VMW_bootbank_nmlx5-rdma-esxio_4.23.0.36-8vmw.800.1.0.20513097':
('vib20/nmlx5-rdma-esxio/VMW_bootbank_nmlx5-rdma-esxio_4.23.0.36-8vmw.800.1.0.20513097.vib', "Unable to open VIB
archive in streaming mode: '_SharedFile' object has no attribute 'writing'").
At line:1 char:1
+ Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard" - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Export-EsxImageProfile], FaultException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ServiceModel.FaultException,VMware.ImageBuilder.Commands.ExportProfile
Hi All,
First things first, thank you William & Songtao for the USB Flings for ESXi 8.
Just wondering, if anyone else is facing the same problem as me when creating a new ISO image with the latest USB Flings
/quote:
PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard-USBFling" -ExportToIso -filepath ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard-USBFling.iso
Export-ESXImageProfile : Error retrieving file for VIB 'VMW_bootbank_irdman_1.3.1.22-1vmw.800.1.0.20513097':
('vib20/irdman/VMW_bootbank_irdman_1.3.1.22-1vmw.800.1.0.20513097.vib', "Unable to open VIB archive in streaming mode: '_SharedFile' object has no
attribute 'writing'").
At line:1 char:1
+ Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard-US ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Export-EsxImageProfile], FaultException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ServiceModel.FaultException,VMware.ImageBuilder.Commands.ExportProfile
/unquote
I have updated PowerCLI to v13, pyton 3.7 + the addons, linked pyton profile etc, i have been able to clone the original esxi 8 profile, add vmkusb-nic-fling and change community acceptance levels, but am unable to export to ISO.
Have been able to do so previously for esxi 6.7 / 7.x
Any advise would be greatly apprecieated.
Thanks!